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somewhere and they are making progress, and i think that's really the key. people can differ over when it might happen, when they could really hit a target with any kind of reliability, but that's their goal. that's what they're working towards. i don't think there's a lot of disagreement about that. >> general marks, what do you make of this information? i'm still a little confused. it's not a warhead but could be a nuclear device they put on some sort of a missile. >> right. the assessment is that there are probably eight bombs that they have and potentially materials for 12. the key is, ...

They haven't fully tested and developed one, but the pentagon isn't saying they're not doing it and i think that's really the key here. the pentagon is sort of parsing this, officially saying not fully tested, not fully developed, but people behind the scenes will tell you straight out that that is the north korean goal and they're making progress on it. and one of the real questions is how are they doing it. who is helping them. you know, a lot of rumors go through the intelligence community all the time that the iranians are helping them. this is highly technical work, very doubtful they're ...

The pentagon officially says they haven't fully tested and developed one, but the pentagon isn't saying they're not doing it and i think that's really the key here. the pentagon is sort of parsing this, officially saying not fully tested, not fully developed, but people behind the scenes will tell you straight out that that is the north korean goal and they're making progress on it. and one of the real questions is how are they doing it. who is helping them? you know, a lot of rumors go through the intelligence community all the time that the iranians are helping them. this is highly technical...

>> reporter: yeah, you can add to that senior u.s. official, you can also add to that chinese state media. now remember, andrew, that this has befr benever been reported. ever since chen guangcheng fled last week after 18 months on house arrest, that has never been reported in state media. that has all changed in the last few minutes. xinhua, state-run media, is now confirming this. chen has left the embassy of his own volition, and they're demanding the u.s. apologize to china for one of its citizens being allowed to enter the u.s. embassy in beijing. so china taking a tough line he...

the zone. from there he quickly went by chopper to kabul, another war zone where him and president hamid karsai signed the strategic partnership agreement. it promises american support for afghanistan through 2024. ten years after the last american combat forces are scheduled to leave the country by the end of 2012. excuse me, 2014. the president made some brief remarks, then headed back to bagram for a rally with the troops. more than 130,000 men and women serve in afghanistan. the vast majority, about 90,000 are american right now. a short time later, about half an hour ago the pre...